Nosocomial central venous catheter infections among patients with different types of cancer [3]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 234-235

  Weinstock, David M ^a   Rogers, Maureen ^a   Eagan, Janet ^a   Malak, Sharp Abdel ^a   Sepkowitz, Kent A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CANCER CENTER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ADULT; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0035999810     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503461     Document Type: Letter

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1. Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections
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6. Prospective study of infections in indwelling central venous catheters using quantitative blood cultures
7. Epidemiology of device-associated infections related to a long-term implantable vascular access device